Jackie Calmes: Biden's urgent, disquieting D-day message — democracy has to be saved all over again
When I traveled with U.S. presidents on foreign trips, I'd have days when I couldn't believe I was actually getting paid for the experience. One of those was June 6, 2004. President George W. Bush was in Colleville-sur-Mer on the French coast in Normandy, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the D-day landing.
The ceremony under a sunny, azure sky was moving enough (and I sat behind Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, of "Saving Private Ryan" fame). Better yet was my walk later among rows of austere white crosses and a few Stars of David in. I was alone but for a few Englishmen. One clutched a clipboard and seemed to direct the others to certain graves. I watched them, then interrupted.
